The appeal is remanded to obtain a medical opinion on whether the Veteran's cause of death is related to his service, including exposure to chemicals like TCE.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion is required to determine if the Veteran's cause of death is related to his service.
- Claimed conditions
- hypertensive and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001445
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,272 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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